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From queues to QR codes: A state in India may have found the fix for India’s fertiliser distribution woesWhile the Madhya Pradesh government projects it as a major reform to streamline fertiliser distribution, industry stakeholders say it’s sti...- e-Vikas is driving behavioural shift towards need-based fertiliser use among farmers: Madhya Pradesh agri secyThe e-Vikas fertiliser system has so far benefitted 1.3 million farmers, reduced queues, and triggered a behavioural shift toward need-base...
- Government's foodgrain stocks hit 604 lakh tonnes, nearly three times buffer requirementIndia's food reserves are robust. Wheat and rice stocks in FCI godowns are nearly three times the mandatory buffer. This ensures ample supp...
- Decoding govt’s wheat strategy: Can higher procurement push and export quota hike lift the sector?Experts say wheat procurement may be constrained by limited storage, while exports remain largely uncompetitive globally.
- India's wheat output likely at 110-120 mn ton in 2025-26 amid weather damage, says Food SecyIndia's wheat output for the 2025-26 crop year is expected to be between 110 and 120 million tonnes. Unseasonal rains and hailstorms have i...
- Ahead of Assembly polls, Punjab rolls out pilot of women cash support scheme in select constituencies; eligible women to receive Rs 1,000 monthly under AAP promisePunjab's Bhagwant Mann government has started a pilot of its Mukhymantri Mawan Dheeyan Satkar Yojana. This scheme offers monthly cash suppo...
- Govt clears UP potato buy at Rs 6,500/ton, hikes gram cap in Andhra PradeshThe government is stepping in to support farmers. Twenty lakh tonnes of potatoes will be bought in Uttar Pradesh. Gram procurement limits h...
- Centre relaxes wheat procurement norms for Punjab to counter rain damageThe central government has eased wheat procurement rules for Punjab and Chandigarh for the Rabi Marketing Season 2026-27. This decision fol...
- Wheat export ban to continue for now: Piyush GoyalThe ban on exports of wheat will continue as India has to ensure adequate supplies of the foodgrain for its domestic market and keep the in...
- Shrivelled wheat issue: Centre relaxes quality norms for wheat procurement in Punjab, HaryanaUnion food ministry, in a statement, said the Fair and Average Quality (FAQ) of wheat with shrivelled and broken grains has been relaxed up...
- Government to sell on priority 27 million tonnes of wheat procured this yearThe government will on priority distribute nearly 27 million tonnes of wheat it procured this year under the relaxed quality norms.
- Government's wheat procurement surpasses last year's levelThe Food Corporation of India (FCI) had set the wheat procurement target of 30 million tonnes for this season. Wheat procurement begins fro...
- FCI's wheat procurement falls to 27.6 MT this yearState-run Food Corporation of India has procured 27.6 MT of wheat in the 2015-16 marketing season, marginally lower than 28 MT last year.
- Centre to reimburse 6 states amount of value-cut for wheatThe move is aimed at ensuring that wheat farmers get the full minimum support price (MSP) of Rs 1,450 per quintal.
- Centre relaxes wheat procurement norms in Punjab, ChandigarhTo provide relief to farmers affected by the recent unseasonal heavy rains and hailstorm, the Centre today relaxed quality norms for procur...
- Centre relaxes quality norms for wheat procurement in HaryanaProviding relief to farmers affected by unseasonal rains and hailstorms, the Centre today relaxed the quality norms for procurement of whea...
- 'High' damage content, shriveled grains, lustre loss in wheatThe extent of shriveled grains in samples of crop arrivals because of freak weather conditions was found to be in the range of 3 to 13 per ...
- Centre relaxes quality norms for wheat procurement in 3 states"As per norms prescribed under the Food Safety and Standards Act, we permit moisture content in the grain upto 14 per cent," Paswan said.
- Centre ready to relax quality norms for wheat procurementUnseasonal rains and hailstorms, being witnessed from February-end, have damaged rabi (winter-sown) crops in about 113 lakh hectares of are...
- Wheat buffer hits rock bottomWheat procurement for the Centre’s buffer stock has hit rock-bottom despite normal production of wheat.
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